§ Mr. Leeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been instituted in England and Wales of persons accused of being fraudulent spiritualist mediums; and if he is satisfied with the present state of the law on this matter.
§ Mr. JohnOver the years 1971–74 and 1976–77—information is not available for 1975—five persons were proceeded against for offences against section 1 of the Fraudulent Mediums Act 1951. The need for such an offence falls within the Law Commission's work on the law of conspiracy to defraud.